A city wide blackout at 5 Feb 2004 10:10:55 -0800 did not prevent
(Dan Caster) from posting to rec.crafts.metalworking the
following:
There are still things worth buying, but much less than used to be
there. The quick change drills by the lb are a good deal, but one
only needs a few lbs of those. If you can find a tap or die that is
in good shape.......

Got a 6 inch x 1/4 mill (I needed to cut some 1/4 inch wide slots in
aluminum) at Boeing Surplus last year. Took a while rummaging in the Tool Crib
but I found The Exact Thing I wanted. $10 beat all hollow the alternatives.
And they've some neat stuff in there still, but what would I do with it?

--
pyotr filipivich.
as an explaination for the decline in the US's tech edge, James
Niccol wrote "It used to be that the USA was pretty good at
producing stuff teenaged boys could lose a finger or two playing with."